# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S570
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570 INTERSYNODICAL AND DOCTRINAL MATTERS

question of woman suffrage in our congregations, has completed
its task; and

Wuereas, The committee does not state that it finds woman
suffrage in our congregations forbidden in express words in the
Scriptures, but emphatically warns against any anti-Scriptural
practice whereby the headship of man to woman in the affairs of
the church would be surrendered; and

Wuereas, The committee commends our synodical position
urging congregations to administer their affairs through the male
voters’ meetings as Scripture-sanctioned and time-tested; and

Wuereas, The committee recommends that Synod urge all con-
gregations to conform to this established procedure of male voters’
meetings; and

Wuereas, The committee sees great advantages in giving full
information to all members of the church and also in getting the
opinion and suggestions of the women on important issues; and

Wuereas, Above all, the committee urges continued diligent
study of the Scriptural teachings relative to these matters, with
special reference to the Order of Redemption and the Order of
Creation; therefore be it

Resolved, (a) That we express our sincere gratitude to the
committee for the faithful effort expended and for the diligent
and careful execution of its assignment; and be it further

Resolved, (b) That we recognize the problems involved in
applying these texts of Scripture to woman suffrage in our congre-
gations and all the issues involved therein; and be it further

Resolved, (c) That in view of these problems Synod urge all
its members to study the God-pleasing place of woman in home
and church with renewed diligence and zeal; and be it further

Resolved, (d). That all congregations who administer their
affairs through the male voters’ meeting be urged to continue this
policy, but to inform the entire membership on the transactions
of the voters’ meetings, and to impress upon the men the im-
portance of utilizing this blessed privilege of suffrage to the utmost
to the glory of God and the welfare of the church; and be it further

Resolved, (e) That we urge any congregation in the member-

ship of Synod now, or applying for membership, which grants -

woman suffrage, to reconsider this practice in the light of Scrip-
ture and the glorious position of woman in marriage and in the
home, and also in the light of the consequences of such practice
in the history of the church, and to consider the danger of offense
to others and to conform to the historic position of Synod in this
matter; and be it further